How many Bedouin does it take to jump-start a car?

This morning was awesome and hilarious and not terrifying at all. The car that came to pick us up to take us back to Bawiti died, then the car that came to fix it died, and then random parts started falling out of the engine.... then somehow Gareeb got one to start, drove it up onto a rock ledge so it was at a downward angle, jump started the other, and somehow it worked. I'll tack it doen to Bedouin voodoo.

Carmella the Pregnant Camel: Or, Camping in the Black and White Deserts

May 10th 2009
Bahariyya Oasis is a teardrop-shaped cluster of date palms, rock, hot springs and flowers about 400 kilometers southwest of Cairo. It’s linked by a slender little wedge of green to Farafra Oasis, and surrounding all of this are massive sheets of desert stretching for hours on all sides. The main “city” in Bahariyya is called Bawiti, a bright, ancient, eerily peaceful little town, which is t ... read more

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more

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